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Subgenre Sampler
Cribb (TV Series) (1979-1980)- Feat. Alan Dobie
- Superior crime series set in Victorian London, following the wry Detective Sergeant Cribb, a member of Scotland Yard's newly formed CID unit, as he…
Driller Killer (1979)- Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Abel Ferrara - Somewhat notorious as a 'video nasty' of the 80s video boom, this debut from bad boy auteur Abel Ferrara was perhaps misunderstood (like The Texas…
Egouts Du Paradis, Les (The Sewers of Paradise) (1979)- Dir. Jose Giovanni
Feat. Francis Huster, Jean-François Balmer, Lila Kedrova - Romantic dramatization of "The Great Drain Robbery" of 1976, in which the Societe Generale Bank of France was robbed of over $10 million dollars by a…
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)- Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom… - Clint Eastwood uses a pair of nail–clippers to stage his bid for freedom, in this memorable, understated thriller based on the only successful…
Human Factor, The (1979)- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Richard Attenborough, John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi… - Otto Preminger last film is a mild espionage affair, concerning a low–level British informant suspected of being a double agent. A hefty cast…
Lady Vanishes, The (1979)- Dir. Anthony Page
Feat. Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury… - Curious, though lackluster remake of Hitchcock's classic train thriller. Angela Lansbury plays the vanishing lady whose disappearance is investigated…
Murder by Decree (1979)- Dir. Bob Clark
Feat. Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings… - Sherlock Holmes and the ever faithful Watson are back, this time investigating the notorious Jack the Ripper and his gruesome fascination with…
S.O.S. Titanic (1979)- Dir. William Hale
Feat. Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, David Janssen… - Solid telemovie depiction of the notorious sinking of the Big Ship in 1912, with an approach that distinguishes it from the other versions. Involving…
Snapshot (One More Minute) (1979)- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Chantal Contouri, Sigrid Thornton, Robert Bruning - Offbeat, low–budget thriller from Oz stars Sigrid Thornton as a 20–something lured into the sleazy world of topless modelling. While she…
Winter Kills (1979)- Dir. William Richert
Feat. Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins… - Low–key but satisfying 'redux' of the Kennedy assassination posits a parallel scenario where the half–brother of an assassinated…
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